Cognex Corporation (CGNX)

Fundamentally he likes this company. It is an automation play company within the global market and it is a top-5 company in that space. Apple is about 11% of their sales, so be mindful. It is close to fair value.

This company makes software to determine what a computer is looking at. They own this for their American funds. The company has made great progress in these tools. Demand has been explosive. Revenues have been growing yearly and the prospects are tremendous. There will be continued capital spending and “machine vision” will be a fast growing part of this.

Not a fan of chasing a stocks and this one's run up. Take some money off the table.

This is the eyes of the robot. They have 2 distinct businesses. One is looking at quality controls in 2-D and 3-D through the assembly lines. The 2nd line of business is reading bar tags and barcodes. Also has a burgeoning business with Airport contracts where they can read barcodes on the luggage, getting the luggage to the passengers in 5-10 minutes. This has a lot of room to run and is a good 5-10 year hold. Dividend yield of 0.3%. (Analysts' price target is $62.25.)